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Author: Philip K. Dick

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Tags: drugs dystopia science_fiction

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Description: A Scanner Darkly is a 1977 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The semi-autobiographicalA Scanner Darkly is a 1977 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The semi-autobiographical story was set in a dystopian Orange County, California in the future of 1994. The book can be considered Dick's master statement on drug abuse, in light of his extensive portrayal of drug culture and drug use....

2006-06-01

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Authors: Iain Banks Iain M. Banks

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Description: Amazon.com
In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that couldAmazon.com
In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that could almost be called the end of history. Humanity has filled the galaxy, and thanks to ultra-high technology everyone has everything they want, no one gets sick, and no one dies. It's a playground society of sports, stellar cruises, parties, and festivals. Jernau Gurgeh, a famed master game player, is looking for something more and finds it when he's invited to a game tournament at a small alien empire. Abruptly Banks veers into different territory. The Empire of Azad is exotic, sensual, and vibrant. It has space battle cruisers, a glowing court--all the stuff of good old science fiction--which appears old-fashioned in contrast to Gurgeh's home. At first it's a relief, but further exploration reveals the empire to be depraved and terrifically unjust. Its defects are gross exaggerations of our own, yet they indict us all the same. Clearly Banks is interested in the idea of a future where everyone can be mature and happy. Yet it's interesting to note that in order to give us this compelling adventure story, he has to return to a more traditional setting. Thoughtful science fiction readers will appreciate the cultural comparisons, and fans of big ideas and action will also be rewarded. --Brooks Peck...

2005-11-23

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Type: documentary

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Authors: Andy Eddy Bill Elliott Ken Lumsden Jim McLean David Sheff Jackie Silberg Marnie Swedberg Reggie Vasquez Vicki Verdeyen Tu_Shonda L. Whitaker

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Description: This is a fantastic telling of the history of console video-games and Nintendo--there are revelationsThis is a fantastic telling of the history of console video-games and Nintendo--there are revelations all over the place, especially for an avid gamer. Great non-fiction....

2005-11-23

 

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Authors: Heather Chaplin Aaron Ruby

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Tags: games

2005-11-18

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Author: John Steinbeck

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Tags: fiction classic

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Description: Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937, which tells the tragicOf Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937, which tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, two displaced Anglo migrant farm workers during the Great Depression....

2005-09-25

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Author: Antoine de Saint_Exupéry

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Tags: french childrens illustrated

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Description: The Little Prince (French Le Petit Prince), published in 1943, is French aviator Antoine deThe Little Prince (French Le Petit Prince), published in 1943, is French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's most famous novel, which he wrote while staying at a hotel in New York.

Ostensibly a children's book, it makes several profound and idealistic points about life and love. In it, Saint-Exupéry imagines himself stranded in the Sahara Desert where he meets a young extra-terrestrial prince. In their conversations, the author reveals his own views about the follies of mankind and the simple wisdom that adults seem to forget when they grow up....

2005-09-25

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Author: Scott Card

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Tags: hugo_award science_fiction nebula_award

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Description: Speaker for the Dead (1986) is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and a sequel toSpeaker for the Dead (1986) is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and a sequel to the novel Ender's Game. This book takes place 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game, although due to relativistic space travel Ender himself (who now goes by his real name Andrew Wiggin) is only about 30 years older.

Whereas the previous novel was hard science fiction with armies and space warfare, Speaker for the Dead is more philosophical in nature, although it still advances a xenology for the planetary setting unique in SF. Its story finds Andrew in a human colony on the colony planet Lusitania, believed to be the only remaining planet in Card's universe with an intelligent alien race after the xenocide of the Formics ("buggers") in the Ender's Game. The novel deals with the difficult relationship between the humans and the "piggies" (or "pequeninos", since the action is set in a Catholic/Portuguese research installation) and with Andrew's attempts to bring peace to a brilliant but troubled family whose history intertwines with that of the pequeninos....

2005-09-21

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Author: Paulo Coelho

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Tags: religion philosophy dreams

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Description: The Alchemist is a book that was first published in Brazil in 1988 and is the most famous workThe Alchemist is a book that was first published in Brazil in 1988 and is the most famous work of author Paulo Coelho. It is a symbolic story that urges its readers to follow their dreams....

2005-09-20

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Author: Arthur Miller

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Tags: play pulitzer_prize

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Description: Cover to Penguin Group book
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Death of a Salesman is a play by Arthur Miller. Written in 1949, it is one of the seminal plays of the twentieth century. Viewed by many as a caustic attack on the American Dream of success through economic enterprise, it made both Arthur Miller and lead character Willy Loman household names. It was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949, and turned Miller into a national sensation as a playwright....

2005-09-20

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Author: Eric S. Raymond

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Tags: open_source

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Description: The Cathedral and the Bazaar is an essay by Eric S. Raymond on software engineering methods,The Cathedral and the Bazaar is an essay by Eric S. Raymond on software engineering methods, based on his observations of the Linux kernel development process and his experiences managing an open source project, fetchmail. It was first presented by the author at the Linux Kongress on May 27, 1997 and was published as part of a book of the same name in 1999. It is commonly regarded as the manifesto of the open source movement....

2005-09-20